Method of making beam heads



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Patented Feb. 6, 1923.

FRANK IVIOSSBERG, F ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO .IYIOSSBERGPRESSED STEEL CORPORATION, OF ATTLEBORO, MIASSACHUSETTS, A CORPO- RATIONOF MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD OF IIIAKING. HEADS.

.Application filed November 29, 1919. Serial No. 341,437.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Mossnnno, a citizen of the United States andresident of Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMethods of Making Beam Heads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heads for warp beams, reels and like devicesand to the method of constructing the same; and the invention has forits object to provide such a head by providing a disk or body and thenbending a strip into ring form and attaching the ring onto the peripheryof the disk by welding or otherwise to form an annular peripheral groovefor the head whereby such a grooved head is produced with the maximumstrength and of the minimum weight and minimum cost of construction.

lVith these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1is an end view of my improved beam-head illustrating the groovedring secured to the periphery of the disk portion of the head.

Figure 2is a side elevation showing the head portion as sectioned online 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3-shows a portion of the bar which is bent into ring form andsecured to the edge of the disk, said. bar being grooved after beingattached to said disk. l Figure 4eis a perspective view showing aportion of the groove or channel bar which is bent into ring form andsubsequently attached to the periphery of the disk of the head.

Figure 5-is a side elevation of the bar member bent into ring form withits ends abutting.

I have herein shown and described the construction of a head memberwhich may be employed for beams, reels and other similar articles ofmanufacture, which head portion is formed essentially of a disk having agrooved or channelled member secured to the periphery thereof, saidchannel or groove being for the purpose of receiving a friction band orbelt to Which tension may be applied for the purpose of controlling therotation of the beam as the yarn or warp is drawn from the body portionthereof.

l/Vith reference to the drawings, 10 designates the body or barrelportion of the beam or reel which is preferably made in tubular form,the ends of which are secured to the opposite head members 11 by meansof bolts 12 or other suitable fastenings.

Each of these head-members is preferably constructed of a main plate 13of any suit able material preferably being cut from sheet stock intodisk form. In order to forman annular groove or channel of the desiredwidth about the periphery of this disk I bend a strip 14 of metal intothe form of a ring 15 and weld the abutting ends together as at 16; 1then secure this ring by welding or otherwise to the edge of the disk13.

In some cases this ring is formed from a channelled bar 14 asillustrated in Figure 4, which bar is bent into the form of a ring withits abutting ends 16 welded together. This ring is then secured bywelding or otherwise to the edge of the disk 13 thereby providing anannular or circumferential groove 17 in the head which is adapted toreceive a belt, band or other device for the purpose of applyingfriction to control the rotation of the head or forother purposes.

In some instances instead of employing a previously channelled bar asillustrated. in Figure 4., the ring is formed of a solid bar 18 as bestshown in Figure 3, and a groove is subsequently formed in this ring byplacing the head on centers and turning the channel therein whichinsures the true running of the same.

By the construction of my improved form of annular channel in thebeam-head the inner edge of the groove may be substantially in line withthe plane of the outer face of the disk which is of advantage as thisoverhanging or lateral offset of the groove for practical purposesshould be reduced to the minimum.

I claim:

The method of forming a beam or reel head, which consists in bending atroughshaped strip of metal into ring form, Welding together theabutting ends of the strip and Welding this ring onto the edge of ametal disk thereby providing an annular overhanging peripheralbelt-receiving grooved rim for the head. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK MO SSBERG.

